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The Moon on Friday, July 20, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on July 20, 1951Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 July 1951364,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 20, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
364,101 km226,242 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1951 is on Wednesday, July 18, 1951 at 19:17 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 18, 195119:17
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 25, 195118:59

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Friday, July 20, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 4, 1951 to the new moon of August 2, 1951, a cycle of 29.62 days.